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Nationality | French | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Sainte-Colombe, France | October 12, 1982|||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Professional rock climber | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | desgranges-romain | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Known for | Winning the European Championships in 2013 and 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Updated on October 30, 2018. |
Romain Desgranges, born on October 12, 1982, in Sainte-Colombe, is a French professional rock climber who specializes in competition climbing, and in outdoor sport climbing and bouldering.
Romain Desgranges started climbing when he was 14 years old in his school.[1]
In 2017, he won both the Climbing European Championships and the Climbing World Cup in the competition lead climbing discipline.
Discipline | 2009 | 2011 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 |
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Lead | 15 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
Discipline | 2004 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 |
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Lead | 18 | - | 12 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Discipline | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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Lead | 44 | 18 | 14 | 24 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
Bouldering | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Combined | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - |
Discipline | 2009 |
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Lead | 3 |
Season | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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2011 | 1 | 1 | ||
2012 | 2 | 2 | ||
2013 | 0 | |||
2014 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
2017 | 3 | 3 | ||
2018 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Total | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 |
8C+ (V16):
8B+ (V14):
8B (V13):
9a (5.14d):